Get Activity name dynamically - android

Question

I'd like to get the name of the current Activity to be sent along in the URI of an HttpRequest. Is there a way to do this without referring specifically to the Activity?

I know I can do myActivity.class.toString() but this is just a less efficient way of hard coding "myActivity" since I'm making a static reference to my Activity. Is there a more general way to do this using something like 'this' (which btw doesn't actually work here because it returns more information than what's desired).

Answer 1

Use this.getClass().getSimpleName() to get the name of the Activity.

From the comments, if you're in the context of an OnClickListener (or other inner class), specify the class manually:

MainActivity.class.getSimpleName()

Answer 2

For purists out there who may not want to use reflection, an alternative way is to use the PackageManager as follows:

PackageManager packageManager = activity.getPackageManager(); try {   ActivityInfo info = packageManager.getActivityInfo(activity.getComponentName(), 0);   Log.e("app", "Activity name:" + info.name); } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {   e.printStackTrace(); } 

However this seems like a lot of work just to do the same as getClass().getName() (and not even getSimpleName()). But I guess it may be useful for someone who wants more information about the activity than just the class name.